1963.157.20: Details of St. Lucy Altarpiece, after Domenico Veneziano

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1963.157.20

People

Samuel Pendleton Cowardin III, American (Richmond, VA born 1921)
After Domenico Veneziano, Italian (c. 1400 - 1461)

Title

Details of St. Lucy Altarpiece, after Domenico Veneziano

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1956

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308687

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper, mounted to off-white card

Dimensions

12.4 x 6.5 cm (4 7/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
right image: 11.5 x 6.7 cm (4 1/2 x 2 5/8 in.)
left image: 11.3 x 5.7 cm (4 7/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
right sheet: 12.3 x 7.4 cm (4 13/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
left sheet: 12.4 x 6.5 cm (4 7/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
mount: 21.7 x 28 cm (8 9/16 x 11 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• label: below images, paper, typed: A; B
• label: lower edge of mount, paper, typed: Domenico Veneziano. St. Lucy Altarpiece (details). Florence, Uffizi / (Watercolor studies made at the Uffizi, May, 1956)
• label: upper edge of mount, paper, typed: PLATE LIII

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Samuel P. Cowardin III, gift; to the University Archives, transfer; to Fogg Art Museum, 1963.

NOTE: The drawings were sent to the Fogg from the University Archives formerly housed in Widener Library.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Samuel P. Cowardin, III

Accession Year

1963

Object Number

1963.157.20

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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